RENT REDUCTION ORDERED

Landlord Replaced Overnight Doorman with Video Camera

April 15, 2013    

Rent-stabilized tenants complained of a reduction in building-wide services when landlord discontinued doorman service from midnight to 7 a.m. The DRA ruled for tenants and reduced their rents. Landlord appealed and...

Loss of Backyard Access Not Minor Condition

March 12, 2013    

Rent-stabilized tenants complained of a reduction in building-wide services after landlord fenced off and gated a portion of the rear backyard to which they previously had access. The DRA ruled for tenants and...

Garage Ceiling Leaked

February 7, 2013    

Tenants complained of a reduction in building-wide services. The DRA ruled for tenants and reduced their rents. Inspection showed that the first-floor garage ceiling above one parking space was leak-damaged and that...

Intercom Not Working in Some Apartments

February 7, 2013    

Tenants complained of a reduction in building-wide services. The DRA ruled for tenants in part and reduced the rents of 15 of the 46 tenants based on a defective bell/buzzer/intercom system. Landlord appealed,...

Intercom Directory Out of Date

February 7, 2013    

Tenants complained of a reduction in building-wide services based on various conditions. The DRA ruled for tenants and reduced their rents based on an outdated intercom directory and damaged flagstone path to the...

Door-to-Door Garbage Collection Discontinued

February 7, 2013    

Rent-stabilized tenant complained of a reduction in building-wide services after floor-by-floor garbage collection was discontinued. The DRA ruled for tenant and reduced his rent. Landlord appealed and lost. Landlord...

DOHMH Ruling Didn't Bar Rent Reduction

January 14, 2013    

Rent-stabilized tenants complained of a reduction in building-wide services. The DRA ruled for tenants and reduced their rents based on findings of a poorly maintained garbage storage area and inoperative doorbells...

Building Conditions Weren't Minor

December 12, 2012    

Tenants complained of a reduction in building-wide services. The DRA ruled for tenants and reduced their rents. Landlord appealed, claiming that the conditions cited were minor and didn't warrant a rent reduction...

Landlord Discontinued Community Room

December 11, 2012    

Tenants complained of a reduction in building-wide services based on landlord's discontinuance of the building's community room. The DRA ruled for tenants and reduced their rents. Landlord appealed and lost....

Landlord's Extermination Efforts Insufficient

December 11, 2012    

Tenant complained to the DHCR of a reduction in required services. The DRA ruled for tenant and reduced his rent based on vermin in the apartment. Landlord appealed, claiming that it sent an exterminator to the...

MCI Increase Reduced Temporarily by J-51 Offset

December 11, 2012    

Tenant appealed an order by the DRA, which temporarily reduced the monthly amount of a previously granted MCI rent hike based on the fact that landlord also received a J-51 tax abatement relating to the MCI. Tenant...

Compactor Room Conditions Aren't Minor

November 13, 2012    

Tenants complained of a reduction in building-wide services based on compactor and laundry room conditions. The DRA ruled for tenants and reduced their rents. Landlord appealed and lost. Landlord claimed that the...